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Post by Diocles on Jun 9, 2021 0:54:08 GMT
"Who is Ort?"
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Post by Nobody on Jun 9, 2021 1:01:22 GMT
I stand flabbergasted. "So someone disguised as your lover murdered the Magistrate? Incredible! And how exceedingly tragic! If your lover was not given to violence, it sounds plainly the work of an assassin. I am so sorry to hear of this tragedy, but I agree you did the right thing by refusing to testify against your beloved." Again I shake my head, marveling at this tale of woe.
To Jund I say, "It seems Ort is the bodyslave of the Magistrate. But presumably the Magistrate who succeeded the murdered Magistrate? Oh, dear, how confusing it all is...."
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 9, 2021 1:08:52 GMT
I look at Mar to see how he is reacting to all of this.
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 9, 2021 2:43:46 GMT
Mar goes to hover around Vedius Tatian. "Someone knows the truth?" demands Mar, looking at you, Shepherd. "Someone told Vedius? Vedius..."
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 9, 2021 12:04:09 GMT
"Don't look at me, I didn't tell him. I'm not entirely sure who told him but yes, he knows. You'll also be glad to know that the one responsible has been dealt with." I say to Mar.
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 9, 2021 12:19:24 GMT
"So the true murderer has been killed, but my name is not cleared?" asks Mar.
"Who are you talking to?" asks Tatian. "Is it a ghost?" He shivers.
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 9, 2021 12:22:46 GMT
I raise a finger to Tatian and continue to speak with Mar. "I do not know if it can be cleared entire but justice has been done. And the most important person knows the truth of it and can speak of it to others."
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 9, 2021 12:25:02 GMT
"Who is the most important person?" asks Mar. "Unless you mean Vedius--and he doesn't seem to know, just to be questioning..."
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 9, 2021 12:31:34 GMT
"In his heart he knows." Turning to Tatian "you knew all along that it wasn't him didn't you? And we can confirm, although we don't know exactly how, that Mar was impersonated. It was likely someone very good at disguise, probably an actor of the stage. I have seen with my own eyes amazing transformations on the stages of Nirrion using stagecraft, paints, wigs and prosthetics. I have seen men appear to be women so beautiful that one would swoon. It would be no great feat for an actor, or someone related to stagecraft, to do this thing. For what reason was it Mar that was impersonated? We know not."
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Post by Diocles on Jun 9, 2021 12:44:24 GMT
"I, too, can attest to the bewitching transformations possible under the skill of a good actor."
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 9, 2021 12:44:57 GMT
Vedius Tatian looks around vaguely. "I couldn't believe it, not really. It's why I didn't testify. And it makes a lot more sense that it was someone in disguise than my dear Valius. But ... is there a ghost here?"
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 9, 2021 12:46:09 GMT
I say quietly to Mar "Would you like to speak with him?"
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 9, 2021 12:56:02 GMT
Vedius Tatian, seeing that he is not answered yet again, says, "I don't know why you brought me here, just to say things to the air and ignore me. If you were just going to mock me, why did you bother?" He turns, weeping, and begins to walk away.
Mar says, "Vedius! Stop!"
But Vedius Tatian cannot hear the call.
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 9, 2021 13:00:00 GMT
"My apologies Tatian, I am not mocking you. I am speaking to Valius Mar. And he would like to speak with you."
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 9, 2021 23:15:22 GMT
Tatian looks at you, his wet eyes full of fury. "There is no other way to take it but mockery. And yet, if Valius is here..."
He looks around at the empty air. "Valius!" he calls out. "If you are here, I couldn't do it. I couldn't testify, and I ... couldn't really believe it, either! If you are here, give me some sign of what you want me to do! Do you want me to join you?"
Mar's spirit is fluttering around Tatian. "I want to be with you, yes," says the wraith. "It would give me peace if you were with me... We could pass the Gate together!"
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